[Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment - Tremclad

[John Birch]

No idea Glenn, maybe warrants a visit up here to polar bear country ; )


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Brooks" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment - Tremclad


> John,  apparently Tremclad must be super effective, I just checked and 
> Rustoleum doesn't sell it here in the US.  Probably not allowed by the 
> EPA. Any idea what the US counterpart might be?
>
> Thanks
> Glenn
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 6:42 AM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>> A while back at our Club, a well known and respected member who had done 
>> a number of restorations of boats used aerosol Tremclad Semi Gloss white 
>> on this mast & boom instead of awlgrip. The mast looked great, fast 
>> forwarding 10 years later, it still looks great, with an occasional spray 
>> touchup of the Tremclad.
>>
>> He used 11 cans at about $12 CDN each for his 40 foot mast - pretty cheap 
>> compared to Awlgriping; and the bonus, easy to touchup scrapes, unlike 
>> awlgrip.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> JB
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Brooks" 
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>> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:30 AM
>> Subject: [Public-List] Aluminum mast treatment
>>
>>
>>> Not sure my earlier post actually got posted... So will try again.
>>>
>>> Iam curious if there are any new whiz bang aluminum treatment products 
>>> in the marketplace?  My mast has long ago lost its anodizing and every 
>>> few years ends of with black streaks.  Also the gooseneck and boom 
>>> suffer pitting and corrosion.  So I would like to treat the exposed 
>>> aluminum with something that will protect against this occurring.
>>>
>>> Anybody know of any new space age stuff that will do this?  Iam not 
>>> really interested in painting the mast, and traditional acid washes are 
>>> almost outlawed at my local yards anymore.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Glenn
>>> Dolce 318
>>>
>>>
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